“I’m not a big fan of Medicare-for-all,” Pelosi told Bloomberg TV on Friday. The Urban Institute, no conservative bastion, has pegged the added federal spending of Medicare-for-all at $34 trillion over 10 years, about 65 percent more than Warren’s $20.5 trillion price tag. By way of comparison: The total projected federal spending over the coming decade is $43 trillion, plus $14 trillion for Social Security. ADADWarren’s generous benefits make her chief rival in the Medicare-for-all sweepstakes, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), look miserly. Now she needs another one — how to get that hook out of her mouth if she becomes the Democratic nominee.

Source: Washington Post November 04, 2019 22:52 UTC